Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesuswas a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the apparently riddled and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
world common seeing
The seeing have the world in common.
men world common
There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his own.
sleep waking world
The waking have one common world, but the sleeping turn aside each into a world of his own
world common share
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
desire world desire-to-live
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
order statistics world
The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.
world permanent
There is nothing permanent in the world except change.
men wish world
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
world
Not I but the world says it: All is one.
world awake
Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.
sleep soul world
Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
dream men world
When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
goes greek-philosopher workers
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
flowing greek-philosopher waters
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.